Battle-ship.



,PATENTED SEPT. 19 1905.

P. COTE.

BATTLE SHIP. urmonxon 11.21) 11.11 3, 1904.

PLAOIDE COTE, OF WILLOW CITY, NORTH DAKOTA.

' BATTLE-SHIP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1905.

Application filed March 9, 1904. Serial No. 197,241.

To (LU 11/71/0772, it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, PLAOIDE COTE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Willow City, in the county of Bottineau and State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Battle-Ships, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in battle-ships; and it has for its object, among others, to provide a strong boat which shall be buoyant and capable of sustaining great strains, and also provided with a cutter-blade extending from stem to stern.

Suitable lateral ,stays or braces are provided, and these are connected by longitudinal rods adapted to support the cross braces or rods and provided with adjusting means.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear, and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the numerals of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is atop plan view of my improved vessel. Fig. 2 is a substantial sectional vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of one of the bolts employed. 7

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings, 1 designates the inner plates, of hard steel of any desired thickness.

2 designates the outer plates, of spring-steel, and which also may be made of any thickness desired.

3 is a filling of cork of the best quality confined between the inner and outerplates 1 and 2, being retained in position by the bolts 4:, which have tapered heads 5, the other ends being screw-threaded, as at 6, and adapted to receive nuts 7.

8 designates cross stays or pieces, the reduced ends of which are passed through the plates 1 and 2, as seen best in Fig. 2, while the portions 10 between the inner plates are 'with made larger, as seen clearly in Figs. 1 and 2, to give requisite strength. These braces are shouldered, as seen at 11, the shoulders being on an incline to conform to the incline or curvature of the inner plates, as seen best in Fig. 2.

12 designates longitudinal braces or rods disposed substantially centrally and lengthwise of the vessel. Their ends are connected, as at 13, in any suitable manner to the fore or aft cross-pieces 8, as seen in Fig. 1, and their adjacent ends, which are at substantially the mid-length of the vessel, are connected by some suitable adjusting means, as the turnbuckles 14. (Seen in Fig. 1.)

15 is a cutter-blade shaped to conform to the keel of the vessel and secured between the bottom portions of the outer plates 2, as seen clearly in Fig. 2. This cutter-blade eX- tends to the upper line of the vessel, as seen best in Fig. 3, and is securely bolted in position throughout its entire length.

l/V hat is claimed as new is 1. In a vessel, inner and outer plates, an interposed filling of buoyant material, bolts, having tapered heads, passed through said plates and filling, transverse stays passed through the inner and outer plates and filllngs upon opposite sides of the vessel with their central portions enlarged andformed inclined shoulders conforming to the incline of the inner plates.

2. In a vessel, inner and outer plates and an interposed buoyant filling, bolts with tapered heads, passed through the said plates and filling, transverse stays passed through the inner and outer plates and fillings upon opposite sides of the vessel with their central portions enlarged and formed with inclined shoulders bearing upon the inner inclined sides of the inner plates, and longitudinal braces connected at their ends to the end transverse. stays and near their mid-length provided with turnbuckles.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two witnesses.

PLACIDE COTE.

Witnesses:

A1). TANGUAY, E. S. HAGER. 

